Reply to "Poll - Trout, Cabrera or other for AL MVP"

3FingeredGlove1,000+ posts

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Question, though: are you saying that because the rules don't explicitly say you are to consider only the current season that it is permissible to consider out-of-season accomplishments, such as career value or value over the last X number of years? Because, to me, why award something yearly, after the season, and call it the "2012 AL MVP" if it isn't limited to accomplishments in 2012, at least implicitly....

The BWAA makes the rules; neither of us do. Obviously it is permissible to consider other years, and I think writers do in practice. I also think that writers tend to not vote for pitchers who are likely to win the Cy Young or players who are likely to win Rookie of the Year.

In my opinion, awards like the MVP are only interesting if the criteria are non-objective.

11/17/127:11 PM

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